Some of the comings and goings that marked a dramatic offseason for the Penguins:

April 20: Fired general manager Craig Patrick.

May 25: Named Ray Shero general manager and signed him to a five-year contract.

July 4: Named Andre Savard assistant coach.

July 15: Named Chuck Fletcher assistant general manager and Ed Johnston senior advisor of hockey operations.

July 26: Signed right winger Mark Recchi, who had been with the Carolina Hurricanes.

July 28: Named Gilles Meloche goaltending coach.

Aug. 4: Named Mike Lange radio play-by-play broadcaster for the 2006-07 season.

Aug. 6: Re-signed goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to a two-year contract.

Aug. 24: Named Jay Heinbuck director of amateur scouting, Patrik Allvin, Dan MacKinnon, Jim Madigan and Bill O'Flaherty scouts, Chris Stewart athletic trainer, Scott Adams assistant trainer, Dana Heinze equipment manager, Frank Buonomo director of team services and Travis Ramsay video coordinator.

Sept. 5: Signed center Evgeni Malkin, their first-round pick in 2004, to a multi-year contract.

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If you build it ...

While the Penguins' opening-night roster won't be set until later this week, we break down how the 28 players on the roster this morning were obtained (draft round):

Centers		Right wingers
Player	Obtained	Player	Obtained
Sidney Crosby	2005 draft (1)	Colby Armstrong	2001 draft (1)
Evgeni Malkin	2004 draft (1)	Ryan Malone	1999 draft (4)
Dominic Moore	2006 trade-a	Michel Ouellet	2000 draft (4)
Karl Stewart	2006 off waivers	Ronald Petrovicky	2006 free agent
Jordan Staal	2006 draft (1)	Mark Recchi	2006 free agent
Left wingers		Andre Roy	2005 free agent
Nils Ekman	2006 trade-b
John LeClair	2005 free agent	a-from Nashville Predators
Jarkko Ruutu	2006 free agent	b-from San Jose Sharks
Daniel Carcillo	2003 draft (3)	c-from Florida Panthers
Libor Pivko	2006 trade-a	d-from Chicago Blackhawks